It used to be that buying models in the networking space were simple. You bought a piece of hardware, and that hardware came with a license to run the software for the life of the product. As we discussed in the Introduction to Software License Management, previously hardware value accounted for 90-95% of the product […] Read More
What is a Software License? How is it different from an Entitlement? What different types of Software Licenses are there? Welcome to the second installment of our Software License Management series where we will be exploring the basic taxonomy of Software Licensing and what it means to you, the consumer. So, let us get started […] Read More
This post begins a new blog series covering the changing world of Software License Management (SLM) in the Telecommunications and Networking space. A lot of content surrounding SLM exists, but the vast majority is from the software vendor’s point of view. Why should they license their software? What are the best practices for implementing it? […] Read More